TABLE 3.
Reference and nmTSS isolates analyzed in this study
Isolate | Resistance phenotypea | Presence of SAgb
|
PFGE typec | Origin (yr) | Location | Reference or source | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mec | SEB | SEC | TSST-1 | ||||||
COL | POx | + | + | − | − | Unique | United Kingdom | Unknown | * |
NCTC8325 | None | − | − | − | − | Unique | United Kingdom | Unknown | 17 |
MnSe | POx | + | − | − | − | Unique | Ohio (1998) | Unknown | TS |
MnNj | PECSxt | − | + | − | − | Unique | California (1997) | Unknown | TS |
MnLo | POxC | + | + | − | − | Unique | Michigan (1985) | Wound | TS |
MnKn | POx | + | − | + | − | A3 | Minnesota (2001) | Lungs | TS |
MnOg | PEClGCh | − | − | − | − | Unique | Texas (1998) | Unknown | TS |
MnCor | POx | + | − | − | − | Unique | California (1997) | Unknown | TS |
MnEd | POxEClCh | + | + | − | − | Unique | Pennsylvania (2000) | Wound | TS |
MnKo | POx | + | + | − | − | Unique | Minnesota (1998) | Blood | TS |
MnOe | POxE | + | + | − | − | Unique | Massachusetts (1993) | Wound | TS |
MnHo | POxE | + | + | − | − | Unique | New Jersey (1985) | Leg bursa | TS |
MnEy | POx | + | + | − | − | Unique | Minnesota (1993) | Blood | TS |
MnMi | POx | + | + | − | − | Unique | Minnesota (1986) | Trachea | TS |
MnDon | POx | + | − | + | − | Unique | North Carolina (1984) | Heel blister | 4 |
MnMu | POx | + | − | − | − | Unique | Minnesota (1993) | Throat | TS |
MnCop | P | − | − | + | − | A5 | Alabama (1986) | Lungs | 32 |
MnJa | POxEGCh | + | + | − | − | Unique | Connecticut (1998) | Stool | TS |
MnMo | POxEClCGR | + | − | − | − | Unique | California (1997) | Throat | TS |
C99-529 | POx | + | + | − | − | A3 | North Dakota | Pleural tissue | 5 |
C99-193 | POx | + | + | − | − | A6 | Minnesota | Pleural tissue | 5 |
C99-459 | POx | + | − | + | − | A3 | North Dakota | Blood | 5 |
C98-370 | POx | + | − | + | − | A3 | Minnesota | Unknown | 5 |
P, penicillin; Ox, oxacillin; E, erythromycin; C, ciprofloxacin; Cl, clindamycin; Ch, chloramphenicol; G, gentamicin; Sxt, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; and R, rifampin.
+, positive; −, negative.
“Unique” represents a PFGE pattern that was distinguishable from all other isolates in the present study, as represented by Fig. 1.
TS, this study; ∗, S. aureus COL genomic sequence can be accessed through The Institute for Genomic Research databases (http://www.tigr.org).